“We will make you rich.” How much money does Trump offer to every Greenland, annually to agree to the island's annexation
Residents of Nuuk, Greenland / Photo source: HotNews.ro / Laurențiu Ungureanu
Donald Trump persists in his desire to annex Greenland. Although initially threatened to use military force to achieve its goals, the US president is considering a new strategy: to give every resident of the Arctic Island, belonging to Denmark, a 10,000-year checkwrites Le Point, taken over by Rador Radio Romania.
The idea, which was discussed in the American National Security Council, aims to replace the $ 600 million annual subsidy that Denmark allocates Greenland with a direct redistribution plan to the inhabitants, The New Yotk Times reports
Through this process, Washington hopes to influence local public opinion, which, for now, is not convinced by the annexation project proposed by the United States.
“We will make you rich”
“We will protect you. We will make you rich,” Donald Trump told the approximately 57,000 Greenlands, promising them at the same time. In order to reach its goals, the White House does not scratch. Due to a communication technique that she only knows how to use, the videos and posts on social networks tell stories that glorify the American army during World War II on the island.
Pressing on the issue of identity, Donald Trump's team does not hesitate to remind the Greenlands that they come, for the most part, from the informed populations that came from Alaska a few centuries ago.
Through this process, Washington hopes to create a “feeling of kinship” with the indigenous populations of this American state and to strengthen a form of belonging among the population.
But beyond taking over the possession of Greenland, Donald Trump is primarily interested in the economic benefits that the island could bring to the United States due to its numerous riches. As global warming makes them more and more accessible, the American billionaire intends to get their hands on uranium, gold, copper and oil reserves in the soil of Greenland.
Unsurprising, Donald Trump's approach is far from liking Denmark or Greenland's executive.
“You cannot attach another country,” said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who denounced the “pressures and threats” from the Trump administration. As for the Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, this is categorical: “The United States will not get Greenland.”
